Oregon News

Justices heard arguments that laws against camping violate the Constitution’s ban on ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment. Cities hope for clarity.

Protesters made their way into the Portland Hilton and shouted over Sen. Jeff Merkley’s speech.

Grants Pass, Oregon, says a lower court ruling has made it helpless to combat a growing problem.

Oregon congresswoman Val Hoyle told conservative constituents that the southern border must be open.

The Eighth Amendment is about cruel and unusual punishment, not about homelessness policies, the city argues ahead of an April 22 hearing.

Study falsely represented by reporters, while authors failed to note earlier findings.

Democrat lawmakers support a Ninth Circuit ruling that says the Eighth Amendment forbids such prosecutions.

Gov. Tina Kotek signed into law a bill that recriminalizes drugs.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is moving full-speed ahead on Wind Energy Areas despite strong objections from stakeholders and a congressional request to

California’s first fatal cougar attack in 20 years highlights the growing population of big cats and potential threat to people, pets, and livestock.

Two conservative justices dissented in the ruling that affects land in Oregon and California.

This is the latest in a slew of incidents that have put Boeing under intense scrutiny.

In the midst of a spiraling drug addiction and overdose crisis, lawmakers vote to end Oregon’s experiment with legalizing hard drugs.

The bill, dubbed HB 4002, was passed by the state Senate in a 21–8 vote on March 1.

As the state sees the largest increase in fentanyl deaths in the nation, Oregon lawmakers are debating plans to make drug possession a crime again.

Despite strong opposition and doubts about the viability of floating offshore wind, two new projects are sailing ahead off the Oregon coast.

BOEM said it finalized the two areas after consulting with local tribes, but the tribes refute those claims, saying their concerns were ignored.